Faves and raves by Christopher Barclay
President of the Montgomery County Board of Education
PERSONAL STATS
AGE: 50
NUMBER OF YEARS IN D.C. AREA: 22
NEIGHBORHOOD: Takoma Park
– Brian Hughes
1. FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
Downtown Silver Spring
2. BEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
Metro
3. FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS EVENT
Any D.C. United game
4. BEST PLACE FOR OUT-OF-TOWN VISITORS
Any of the national monuments at night (the Jefferson is the best)
5. BEST PLACE FOR LIVE MUSIC
Strathmore
6. MOST ROMANTIC SPOT
The Botanic Garden during Christmas
7. FAVORITE MUSEUM
National Air and Space Museum
8. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A LAZY SUNDAY
Walking through the farmers
market in downtown Takoma Park
9. CAFE MILANO, OLD EBBITT GRILL OR BEN’S CHILI BOWL?
Ben’s Chili Bowl
10. BEST RETREAT OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
11. BEST RETREAT INSIDE THE BELTWAY
Walking path next to Sligo Creek
12. BEST PLACE FOR LATE-NIGHT EATS
Silver Diner in Rockville
13. PROUDEST PART OF LIVING IN THE D.C. AREA
I love the amount of free access we have to wonderful cultural venues (the Smithsonian).
14. EMBARRASSING PART OF LIVING IN The D.C. AREA
The fact that people seem to go crazy when it snows
